Satya Nadella, Microsoft

In an interview with podcaster Varun Mayya towards the end of last year, Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, boldly said that 2025 will be the year of agents. In the AI era, agents may be the apps, but in Microsoft’s eyes, Copilot is the interface – the UI for AI.

“Copilot is your own personal assistant,” said Richard Riley, Microsoft’s GM for low-code and agent platform, speaking at a press briefing in Redmond, Seattle, in March. “It knows you, it knows your email, it knows Teams, it knows how you work, it works on behalf of you. And there will be as many copilots as there are humans. It’s like a one-to- one relationship.”